When Larkin Phipps was born about 1835, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Benjamin Phipps, was 41 and his mother, Rachel Burnie, was 41. He married Luticia Robinson about 1866, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Piney Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Precinct 9 Red River, Morgan, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died from 1863 to 1926, and was buried in Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English: from a shortened form of the Middle English personal name Philip , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
History: The Phipps family, which holds the titles of marquess of Normandy and earl of Mulgrave, are descended from Constantine Phipps (1656–1723), who was lord chancellor of Ireland. A cousin with a different background, Sir William Phip(p)s (1651–95), was born in ME, where his parents had emigrated. Originally a ship's carpenter, he rose to become royal governor of MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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